Police investigate Kensington homicide and double shooting hours apart

Just blocks away from a fatal shooting, a man and a woman were shot a few hours later.
Thursday, July 7, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Detectives are investigating two double shootings, one deadly, in the Kensington section of Philadelphia.

Police were called around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday to the 600 block of East Lippincott Street.

Arriving officers found a 23-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest, abdomen and legs.

SEPTA police took him to Temple University Hospita where he was pronounced dead.

A second shooting victim, a 40-year-old man, arrived at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital by a private vehicle with a gunshot wound to his back.



He was treated and released from the hospital.

Police say 15 shell casings were found at the scene of the shooting.
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Just blocks away from that scene, a male teenager and a woman were shot a few hours later.

It happened at Kensington Avenue and East Orleans Street shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday.

Police say a 20-year-old woman was shot in the knee and backside. She was taken to Temple University Hospital in stable condition.

A 17-year-old male was shot in the backside. He was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released.
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There have been no arrests in either case.

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